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Just another Deptartment Blogs Sites siteTue, 23 Jun 2015 16:19:48 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.12015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards to Slinger Students and their Teachershttp://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/2014/02/21/1297/
http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/2014/02/21/1297/#commentsFri, 21 Feb 2014 15:36:00 +0000http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/?p=1297Kudos to FVWP Teacher Leaders Robyn Bindrich and Paul Walter and their students Rachel, Abbie, Amalia, Kyrsten, Nicole, Korey, and Katherine for awards and recognition from the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and the 2015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. In the award letter, Jan Warren from the Connie Belin & Jacqueline Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development in the College of Education at the University of Iowa writes: “I first want to thank you [the teachers] for all of your work in supporting the incredibly talented students who participated in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards this year. The role you play in these students’ lives is pivotal as they continue to explore and improve their work. . . . For a complete list of Midwest Region awards, go to www.belinblank.org/scholastic.”

Advancing Displinary Literacy (ADLRS)

Advancing Disciplinary Literacy in Rural Schools (ADLRS) 2015 is being offered through a Wisconsin Educators Improving Teaching Quality grant awarded to FVWP, CESA 8, and the Clintonville School District. This program is an extension of work begun in 2013-14 for middle and high school teachers in rural districts. This professional development program will focus on developing a collaborative, professional community of educators who are committed to improving their teaching, to aligning their teaching with Common Core Literacy Standards for Subject Area Classrooms, and to inquiring about their own teaching practices. There are no fees required by the teacher participants or their districts as the work is fully funded through the grant. All participants will receive three graduate credits from UW Oshkosh. For more information on the program schedule and on the application procedures, go to: 2015-16 ADLRS.

Oshkosh Area School District Writing Institute

FVWP, in partnership with the Oshkosh Area School District, is offering a two-week Summer Institute for K-12 teachers at Tipler Middle School. This Institute will be offered August 3-7 and 10-14. Participation fees are paid by the school, and the institute may be taken for three University of Wisconsin Oshkosh graduate credits ($250/credit) to be paid by the individual teacher. For more information, please see Lisa Weiss, FVWP Co-Director, (lisa.weiss@oshkosh.k12.wi.us) or Nichole Ponzer, OASD Writing Institute Director (PonzerN@mjsd.k12.wi.us). Other FVWP teacher leaders who are facilitating this Institute are Amy Sippert and Heather Zimmerman.

Teaching ELA with

Information and Argument in Mind

We are sorry, but this institute has been cancelled.

This institute, which is being held in Sage Hall on the UW-Oshkosh campus July 27-July 31, is designed to support Grade 6-12 ELA teachers to become better acquainted with the Common Core State Standards for reading and writing expository texts. Participants will be given time, support, and resources to develop their own teaching plans for implementation in their own classrooms. Districts are invited to partner with FVWP by paying institute fees($300/teacher) and by encouraging district teams to attend. One (optional) graduate credit is available ($250), and is usually paid by the individual teacher. This Institute will be facilitated by FVWP teacher leaders Kristine Compton (kristinecompton@hasd.org)and Jennifer Henselin (jennifer.henselin@oshkosh.k12.wi.us). For more information, go to: Teaching with Information and Argument in Mind 2015.

Embracing Infotexts with Rigor in the ELA and Content-Area Classrooms

This institute will provide K-12 classroom teachers, reading specialists, and instructional coaches with opportunities to improve their instruction in the reading and the production of informational texts. Time will be spent both with experiences to build new learning and to plan for the use of infotexts in participants’ own contexts. Cost is $300/teacher; check with your district to seek financial support. There is also the option to take this institute for one graduate credit from UW-Oshkosh. Facilitators are Robyn Bindrich, Kewaskum K-12 Literacy Coach, and Paul Walter, Slinger Middle School ELA teacher; both are FVWP teacher leaders. For further information about this offering, go to: 2015 Infotext Flyer.

]]>http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/2013/07/31/grant-supports-teacher-leadership-development/feed/0Are you looking for a professional development partner?http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/2013/05/03/ambitious-writers-hard-at-work-during-young-authors-camp-in-slinger/
http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/2013/05/03/ambitious-writers-hard-at-work-during-young-authors-camp-in-slinger/#commentsFri, 03 May 2013 12:48:07 +0000http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/?p=804The Fox Valley Writing Project is committed to providing professional development that is designed in collaboration with our partner districts and agencies. We are an affiliate of the National Writing Project network, which links us to thousands of teachers across the country who are knowledgeable about and skilled in the teaching of writing. Consider us as you are looking for a professional development offering for the teachers in your district. Contact us if you are interested in a partnership.

For more information about professional development provided by the Fox Valley Writing Project, please see the following flyer information.

]]>http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/2013/05/03/ambitious-writers-hard-at-work-during-young-authors-camp-in-slinger/feed/0FVWP Supports Family Academic Literacy Program at Merrillhttp://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/2013/03/07/seed-grant-awarded-to-washington-institute/
http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/2013/03/07/seed-grant-awarded-to-washington-institute/#commentsThu, 07 Mar 2013 19:48:36 +0000http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/?p=923The Fox Valley Writing Project in partnership with Merrill Elementary School in Oshkosh was awarded a $15,000 grant from the National Writing Project and the Kellogg Foundation to develop a customized family literacy program for the 2014-15 school year. The FVWP Leadership Team providing this year-long professional develop includes Nichole Ponzer (Literacy Coach at Gegan Elementary, Menasha); Julie Anderson (Merrill Kindergarten Teacher, OASD); Amy Moua (Merrill ELL Teacher, OASD), and Amy Sippert (Merrill Grade One Teacher, OASD).

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]]>http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/2012/02/06/summer-writing-programs-for-youth/feed/0City, river inspiration for Writing Project’s ‘marathon’http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/2011/11/17/city-river-inspiration-for-writing-project%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98marathon%e2%80%99/
http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/2011/11/17/city-river-inspiration-for-writing-project%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98marathon%e2%80%99/#commentsThu, 17 Nov 2011 20:49:30 +0000http://www.uwosh.edu/deptblogs/fvwp/?p=65One writer mused on how the foam churning at the river’s edge resembled a “film of mashed potatoes.”

Another’s pen painted a picture of kayaks dipping paddle blades in the ripples.

They are just two images inspired by the ebb and flow of life along the Fox River in downtown Oshkosh – moments captured as part of the Fox Valley Writing Project (FVWP) Summer Institute’s featured “writing marathon.”

“The writing marathon is a writing activity where we write about what surrounds us,” said Lisa Weiss, a classroom teacher, reading specialist and, most recently, a literacy coach with the Oshkosh Area School District who helps lead the FVWP.

Hosted within the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s College of Education and Human Services, the Fox Valley Writing Project was launched in 1986. It is affiliated with the National Writing Project, whose chapters have often featured writing marathons as part of workshops.

“People find places to write, observe the area, write, and move to another location to repeat the process,” Weiss said. “Besides providing another practice in writing, the marathon also focuses the group as individual writers; writers pay attention to things that slip by ordinary people, and the writing marathon puts our writers in a position to take in their surroundings, notice what might otherwise go unnoticed, and write about them.”

The broader project immerses K-12 educators in writing, bringing them together into “a professional learning community where language and literacy are central to learning in all content areas.”

Weiss said each summer’s writing marathon, or “WM,” is always analyzed after each writer brings back his or her collection of work. The project participants discuss how the exercises might be woven into a K-12 classroom.

“The writing people recorded that day is writing of rough first drafts; it is not yet polished, but it is powerful and fascinating to see where a walk downtown took each person,” Weiss said.